Beng Mealea
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Beng Mealea, or Boeng Mealea, is a temple from the Angkor Wat period located 40 km east of the main group of temples at Angkor, Cambodia, on the ancient royal highway to Preah Khan Kompong Svay.
Walls and windows at Beng Mealea
The ruins of Beng Mealea
Beng Mealea which has some dilapidation.
Collapse stone inside the temple complex.
Suryavarman II
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Suryavarman II, posthumously named Paramavishnuloka, was the ruler of the Khmer Empire from 1113 until his death in 1150. He is most famously known as the builder of Angkor Wat, the largest Hindu temp
Beng Mealea
…is unknown and it can be dated only by its architectural style, identical to Angkor Wat, so scholars assumed it was built during the reign of king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century. Smaller in size than Angkor Wat, the king's main monument, Beng Mealea nonetheless ranks among the Khmer empire's larger…
King Suryavarman II depicted in Angkor Wat
Angkor Wat, built by Suryavarman II